Obituaries
Leslie Walton
Aug 20, 2018
Leslie A. Walton, 83, died Monday (August 20, 2018) at his home.
He was born on December 17, 1934 in Newton, the son of Aldess and Enola Russell Walton. Leslie was raised and attended schools in Newton. Shortly after graduating from Newton High School, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy.
For a short time Leslie worked for the Santa...
Thomas H. Linn
Aug 19, 2018
Thomas H. Linn, 94, died Sunday (August 19, 2018) in Newton.
He was born on March 3, 1924 in Ft. Madison, Iowa, the son of Benjamin H. and Irene W. Linn. Tom attended grade school in Ft. Madison, Iowa, graduating from high school in Chillocothe, Illinois and later business college in Peoria, Illinois.
Tom married Donna J. Shehan on...
Ruby I. Kurr
Aug 18, 2018
Ruby Irene Kurr, 82, of Newton, passed away peacefully at Asbury Park on the 18th of August, 2018.
Ruby was born on October 31, 1935 in Newton, KS the daughter of Paul and Blanche Regier. Ruby attended Berean Academy and graduated from Newton High in 1953 and married Les Kurr on April 21, 1956 in Elbing, KS. Ruby loved...
Rupert Hohmann
Aug 13, 2018
Rupert Karl Hohmann, 90, died Monday (August 13, 2018) at the Kidron Bethel Village in North Newton.
He was born on February 21, 1928 in Newton, Ks., the son of Dr. Walter Hugo and Elsbeth Hedwig Roessler Hohmann. His father was Chairman of the Music Department at Bethel College. He was a pianist, organist, and choir director with an...
Larry Cornwell
Aug 2, 2018
Larry R. Cornwell, 76, died Thursday (August 2, 2018) at his home in Newton.
He was born on November 19, 1941 in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Victor I. and Dolores Marie Welsh Cornwell. Larry graduated from Iola High School after which he served in the U.S. Army and later attended San Francisco School of Mortuary Science.
Larry moved to...
Angelina Reyes Marion
Jul 23, 2018
Angelina Reyes Marion, 85, of San Antonio, Texas passed away on Monday July 23, 2018.
Angie was born in Kingman, Kansas on October 25, 1932 adopted by the late Maria Rodriguez and Tranquilino C. Reyes. She was raised in Newton, Kansas and resided there until she met and married the love of her life, Benjamin Sanchez. They moved to Wichita,...
Sharon Overstreet
Jul 21, 2018
Sharon Lee (Ledbetter) Overstreet, 82, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on July 21, 2018 at Schowalter Villa in Hesston.
She was born January 16, 1936 at Wichita Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. She was the only daughter of Eldora and Ernst Ledbetter who called her their "little norwegian" as Eldora's parents immigrated from Norway.
In her early...
Diane Vernon
Jul 18, 2018
Diane Kay Vernon, age 73 of Newton, Kansas died July 18, 2018 with family by her side.
Diane was born October 28, 1944 in Concordia, Kansas to H. Kenneth and Irma (Angle) Schwartz. She married Kenneth Rae Vernon on August 19, 1944.
In her lifetime, Diane was a waitress, med-aid, secretary and also worked as a machinist at AGCO.
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Gloria Garcia
Jul 16, 2018
Gloria H. Garcia, 88, died Monday (July 16, 2018) at the Asbury Park in Newton.
She was born on August 3, 1929 in Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of Francisco and Dominga de la Tejera de Castro.
Gloria married James Dominque Garcia on October 8, 1949 in Seattle, Washington.
For many years Gloria had worked as a housekeeper in Newton....
Melvin Porter
Jul 13, 2018
Melvin A. Porter, age 89, passed away Friday, July 13 at the Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice Center of Via Christi Regional Medical Center-St. Francis Campus in Wichita.
Melvin was born February 6, 1929 in Albert Lea, Minnesota to Harry M. and Esther Porter. They moved to the Malcom, Iowa area when he was five where he attended school and...
Carol Kirchmer
Jul 12, 2018
Carol Ann Froese Kirchmer died peacefully on July 12, 2018 in Wichita, KS at the age of 76.
Carol is survived by her husband, Donald Kirchmer of Sedgwick; children, Kimberly Kirchmer (Jack Dinsdale) of Bakersfield, CA, Jason Kirchmer (Kim) of Wichita, KS; grandchildren, Kayleigh, Kenna, Jackson, Aiden and Bailey; siblings, Art Froese of SLO, CA, Nancy Enns of Shafter,...
Gail Hamm
Jul 10, 2018
Gail A. (Williams Dumler) Hamm, 99, died Tuesday (July 10, 2018) at the Newton Medical Center.
She was born on November 16, 1918 in Barber County, Kansas, the daughter of Scott Elery and Pearl Sylvesta Gibson Levens. She was raised and attended schools in the Sawyer area.
After graduating from high school Gail moved to Newton to attend the Axtell...
Arbutus Goldsberry
Jul 3, 2018
Arbutus Ann Goldsberry, 93, died Tuesday (July 3, 2018) at the Life Care Center of Andover.Services are pending and will be announced by Broadway Colonial Funeral Home, Newton.
Betty Atkinson
Jun 29, 2018
Betty “Belia” Atkinson, 77, died Friday (June 29, 2018) at her home.
She was born on March 2, 1941 in Newton, Ks., the daughter of Nicolas and Guadalupe Dominguez Garcia. Betty was a lifelong resident of Newton, graduating from Newton High School. After the death of her mother in 1997, Betty carried on the tradition of family events, dinners, and...
Gail Boese
Jun 26, 2018
Estella Gail Boese, 91, died Tuesday (June 26, 2018) at the Newton Presbyterian Manor.
She was born on December 7, 1926 in Corning, Kansas, the daughter of George Edward and Estella Bernice Gallaher TenEyck. The family moved to Walton in 1936. Gail graduated from North High School in Wichita in 1944.
Everyone in Gail’s family had nicknames, hers was “Chubb”....
Sandy Salsbury
Jun 17, 2018
Sandra Lea Salsbury, 80, died Sunday (June 17, 2018) at her rural Hillsboro home surrounded by family.
She was born on February 12, 1938 in Lawrence, Kansas the daughter of Jess Albert and Doris Irene Farmer Cole. Sandy was raised in the Lawrence and Park City areas.
She enjoyed working in the yard and gardening. Sandy married Marvin Wayne Phillips,...
Corbin Gleason
Jun 8, 2018
Corbin John Gleason, 37, died Friday (June 8, 2018) at his home in Houston, Texas.
He was born on September 14, 1980 in Newton, Ks, the son of Dana and Bonnie Frey Gleason. Corbin graduated from Goessel High School in 1999 and later received his HVAC license from Wichita Area Technical College.
Corbin was a heavy equipment operator for several...
Vicki Castleberry
Jun 6, 2018
Victoria M. Castleberry, 70, entered Heaven in the early morning hours of Wednesday, June 6. 2018.
She was born to Bertrum and Elva (Will-Wallace) VanAuken on March 12, 1948 in Newton, Ks.
Vicki was born into a family of beauticians and a barber, she was a hair artist at several area salons for 46 years. She worked beside her mother...
Evelyn Dirks
Jun 5, 2018
Evelyn M. Dirks, 99, died Tuesday (June 5, 2018) at the Kansas Christian Home in Newton.
She was born on the family farm near Pawnee Rock, Kansas on July 14, 1918, the daughter of Jacob A. and Carrie Ratzlaff Dirks.
Evelyn would later graduate from Bethel College in North Newton and continued to live in the Newton area.
She went...
Edith Rodriguez
Jun 5, 2018
Edith M. Rodriguez, 92, died Tuesday (June 5, 2018) at Asbury Park in Newton.
She was born on August 9, 1925 in Hale Center, Texas the daughter of Victoriano and Engracia Reza Juarez. The family moved to Wisconsin, later moving to the Strong City-Elmdale, Kansas area until moving to Newton.
Edith married Frank L. Rodriguez on August 31, 1946...
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